STUDIO HIRE RATES - updated 16th December 2014

• These rates include use of studio lighting equipment listed below.
  
• Minimum booking - $90.00 + GST (up to an hour)
• 2 hours - $130.00 + GST
• 3 hours - $180.00 + GST
• Half day - $240.00 + GST (4-5 hrs)
• Full day - $360.00 + GST (6 to 10 hrs)
  
• Longer periods of use - POA
• Bare room rates available, POA
• Use for other purposes (events, performance, whatever) by negotiation
• Available 24/7 but an agreed-upon minimum charge will operate for Sunday and late night access
• Some bookings may require a non-refundable deposit to confirm
• Conditions of hireage and usage apply. We reserve the right to refuse to hire, at our own discretion
• Payment by internet transfer, Eftpos, cash. Payment on invoice available.

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Equipment available, all included in hire fee:

• Bowens flash units, various Monolights and Quad packs
• Softboxes, 1.2m x 0.8m, 1.2m x 1.0m, 90cm Octabox, Bowens Wafer
• 1.5KWs focusing spotlight
• Range of reflector bowls up to 18", beauty dishes, snoots
• Various umbrellas; white, silver, gold, translucent, opaque
• Range of Colorama and Savage background papers, 2.7m wide
• Manfrotto auto poles
• Lighting stands, 2x lightweight booms
• Camera tripods, various
• Sekonic flash meter
• Radio trigger units, slave cells, sync. cords
• Continuous: 3 small 500W redheads, 1 large beauty dish (Photoflood)
  

Some of the lights parked up for the day. This equipment and more is included in the standard hire charge

Please note: the paper background rolls are expensive, so if you require a clean area of background paper for models to walk around on, it will be charged for at replacement cost per metre of used paper. This could mean an additional cost of $30-$60, depending on paper usage, extent of footmarks and damage.

Sorry, we do not hire cameras. Also, the main studio equipment is not generally available for hire for use outside the studio. Wellington Photographic Supplies have a range cameras, lenses and other equipment for hire.

We do, however, have a small portable flash lighting kit for hire, which includes two Bowens Prolite Rapid 500 Joule flash heads, reflectors, two umbrellas, a basic Sekonic flash meter, a sync. cord, and stands. The shoulder bag and lightweight stand bag make the kit easily portable. Other accessories available; Wafer softboxes, beauty dish, (Note: these flash lighting units run from mains AC power, they are not battery-powered.)

We also have three 500W small redheads that can be hired out for video shooting or continuous-light stills work, with or without stands.

Bowens Rapid Prolite traveller flash kit for hire

Backgrounds
There are some 2.7m wide Colorama and Savage paper backgrounds available. We always keep white, grey and black ones up and ready. If you want clean background paper rolled out on the floor, the amount that gets trashed will need to be covered by your hire payment.